Emotionally Focused Therapists in Waterford, ON
Andrew Emmott
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MA, MDiv
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Waterford, ON N0E
I use an integrative style of therapy, including, but not exclusively Emotionally Focused, Solution Focused, Person Centered, Cognitive Behavioral therapies.
I would like to offer you the opportunity to bring your concerns to a safe, supportive place where together we can work to find new perspectives, new strategies, and the comfort of not being alone in the journey.
I use an integrative style of therapy, including, but not exclusively Emotionally Focused, Solution Focused, Person Centered, Cognitive Behavioral therapies.
I would like to offer you the opportunity to bring your concerns to a safe, supportive place where together we can work to find new perspectives, new strategies, and the comfort of not being alone in the journey.
Stephanie Sliwa at Mindful Path Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA, RSW, BSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Waterford, ON N0E
To support couples, I am trained in solution focused couples therapy, emotionally focused couples therapy, and the Gottman Method (Level One).
Are you feeling disconnected in your relationship(s)? Do you sometimes feel hopeless or overwhelmed? Are you or someone you love living with addiction? Do you wonder if life and your relationship should feel more meaningful or fulfilling? Have you experienced traumatic events or significant stress? I believe there is hope. Now more than ever people are finding it challenging to balance everything life throws at them. Without treatment however, serious psychological issues may occur. I offer compassionate, trauma-informed psychotherapy in person in Brantford and Simcoe (Norfolk County) as well as online across Ontario.
To support couples, I am trained in solution focused couples therapy, emotionally focused couples therapy, and the Gottman Method (Level One).
Are you feeling disconnected in your relationship(s)? Do you sometimes feel hopeless or overwhelmed? Are you or someone you love living with addiction? Do you wonder if life and your relationship should feel more meaningful or fulfilling? Have you experienced traumatic events or significant stress? I believe there is hope. Now more than ever people are finding it challenging to balance everything life throws at them. Without treatment however, serious psychological issues may occur. I offer compassionate, trauma-informed psychotherapy in person in Brantford and Simcoe (Norfolk County) as well as online across Ontario.
Navigating new transitions and new journeys in your life can be stressful when managing it on your own. Remember it's okay to ask for help along the way! Through your journey, you may experience stress, anxiety, relationship issues, career change or wanting to make changes and set new goals.
Navigating new transitions and new journeys in your life can be stressful when managing it on your own. Remember it's okay to ask for help along the way! Through your journey, you may experience stress, anxiety, relationship issues, career change or wanting to make changes and set new goals.
Shelley Boudreault- Creatively Calm Counselling - Children - Youth - Adults
Registered Psychotherapist, BA, RP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Waterford, ON N0E
“Helping you Create Calm in your Life” Do you ever feel stressed and overwhelmed, like no matter what you do, things keep going wrong? Do the frustrations and negative thoughts feel like they are on “repeat”? I understand…sometimes we all need someone to talk to and I will create a safe and supportive environment for you. Let me help you discover creative ways to find more calm and peace in your life. Together we can explore skills and strategies to help you gain perspective and focus more on the positives in your life. You are the director of your life, but I can help guide you towards your preferred future.
“Helping you Create Calm in your Life” Do you ever feel stressed and overwhelmed, like no matter what you do, things keep going wrong? Do the frustrations and negative thoughts feel like they are on “repeat”? I understand…sometimes we all need someone to talk to and I will create a safe and supportive environment for you. Let me help you discover creative ways to find more calm and peace in your life. Together we can explore skills and strategies to help you gain perspective and focus more on the positives in your life. You are the director of your life, but I can help guide you towards your preferred future.
Arden Smelser
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Waterford, ON N0E
Life can be challenging, but support is available. I offer therapy for individuals of all ages—children, adolescents, and adults—providing a safe and supportive space to navigate life's difficulties. My approach, rooted in mindfulness and self-compassion, is designed to help manage today's complexities and foster personal growth.
Life can be challenging, but support is available. I offer therapy for individuals of all ages—children, adolescents, and adults—providing a safe and supportive space to navigate life's difficulties. My approach, rooted in mindfulness and self-compassion, is designed to help manage today's complexities and foster personal growth.
Taylor McConnachie
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MACP, BA
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Waterford, ON N0E
Waitlist for new clients
Are you experiencing barriers impacting your sexual relationship with yourself and others? As a sex therapist, I passionately support individuals, partners and polycules in prioritizing pleasure and becoming more empowered in your sexual experiences. While every individual's journey is unique, common areas of support I offer include navigating sexual trauma, dismantling shaming narratives around sex and pleasure, desire related concerns, arousal and orgasm difficulties, sexual and pelvic pain, and exploring new relationship structures.
Are you experiencing barriers impacting your sexual relationship with yourself and others? As a sex therapist, I passionately support individuals, partners and polycules in prioritizing pleasure and becoming more empowered in your sexual experiences. While every individual's journey is unique, common areas of support I offer include navigating sexual trauma, dismantling shaming narratives around sex and pleasure, desire related concerns, arousal and orgasm difficulties, sexual and pelvic pain, and exploring new relationship structures.
Great Lakes Counselling & Consultation Services
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
Waterford, ON N0E
We offer IN-PERSON and video/telephone appointments and have evening and weekend availability. The Clinicians at Great Lakes engage in continuing competence activities and offer strength-based, person-centered, trauma informed, solution focused, culturally aware, non-judgmental and anti-oppressive counselling to individuals, groups, children, youth, couples and families. All Clinicians are registered and are trained in various types of counselling modalities. The Clinician's hold additional certificates in mental health and addiction, trauma and attachment, and suicide intervention.
We offer IN-PERSON and video/telephone appointments and have evening and weekend availability. The Clinicians at Great Lakes engage in continuing competence activities and offer strength-based, person-centered, trauma informed, solution focused, culturally aware, non-judgmental and anti-oppressive counselling to individuals, groups, children, youth, couples and families. All Clinicians are registered and are trained in various types of counselling modalities. The Clinician's hold additional certificates in mental health and addiction, trauma and attachment, and suicide intervention.
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Michelle Liu Mindfulpath
Registered Psychotherapist, BA , MACP
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Simcoe, ON N3Y
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), and I use a wide range of approaches such as attachment theory, cognitive behavior therapy, solution focused, mindfulness, and person-centered approaches.
Are you feeling stuck in your relationship or marriage? Do you find it difficult to communicate with your partner? Life can bring us moments when experiencing overwhelming feelings can seem unbearable. No matter how big or small these situations might be, you do not have to struggle alone. I offer a warm, safe, and non-judgmental space to support you in navigating and exploring these uncomfortable emotions.
I am trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), and I use a wide range of approaches such as attachment theory, cognitive behavior therapy, solution focused, mindfulness, and person-centered approaches.
Are you feeling stuck in your relationship or marriage? Do you find it difficult to communicate with your partner? Life can bring us moments when experiencing overwhelming feelings can seem unbearable. No matter how big or small these situations might be, you do not have to struggle alone. I offer a warm, safe, and non-judgmental space to support you in navigating and exploring these uncomfortable emotions.
All interventions will be provided in a therapeutic environment that is warm, empathic, and emotionally focused.
Dr. WIEBE has been a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario since 2003. She has been providing counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and groups since her first graduate school internship in 1995. She has worked with a wide range of adults and adolescents in several settings, including university counselling centres, an inner city hospital, the youth justice system, as well as within the general community as a private practitioner. She graduated from York University in 1993 with a specialized honours degree in psychology, and completed her masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Toronto in 2001.
All interventions will be provided in a therapeutic environment that is warm, empathic, and emotionally focused.
Dr. WIEBE has been a member of the College of Psychologists of Ontario since 2003. She has been providing counselling and psychotherapy for individuals and groups since her first graduate school internship in 1995. She has worked with a wide range of adults and adolescents in several settings, including university counselling centres, an inner city hospital, the youth justice system, as well as within the general community as a private practitioner. She graduated from York University in 1993 with a specialized honours degree in psychology, and completed her masters and doctoral degrees at the University of Toronto in 2001.
Through a collaborative, non judgemental approach to counselling based on Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT) and grounded in attachment science, I work with Individuals (16+), Couples and Families. By identifying unhealthy patterns in our current and past relationships with ourselves and others, we can often find room for healing, growth and enhanced authenticity. This approach can help address today’s mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, addiction, and even trauma, as well as all forms of relational challenges.
Through a collaborative, non judgemental approach to counselling based on Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT) and grounded in attachment science, I work with Individuals (16+), Couples and Families. By identifying unhealthy patterns in our current and past relationships with ourselves and others, we can often find room for healing, growth and enhanced authenticity. This approach can help address today’s mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, addiction, and even trauma, as well as all forms of relational challenges.
Emily Massey
Registered Psychotherapist (Qualifying), MA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Burford, ON N0E (Online Only)
Do you struggle to wind down at night, chronically "tired yet wired" and stuck doom-scrolling online until you fall into a restless sleep? Do you feel lost, overwhelmed, and drained from the effort of just getting through each day? With so much turmoil within and around you, better days can seem impossible if you're unsure where to start. If that sounds like you, I'm so glad you found my page and I'm here to help.
Do you struggle to wind down at night, chronically "tired yet wired" and stuck doom-scrolling online until you fall into a restless sleep? Do you feel lost, overwhelmed, and drained from the effort of just getting through each day? With so much turmoil within and around you, better days can seem impossible if you're unsure where to start. If that sounds like you, I'm so glad you found my page and I'm here to help.
Mindful Path Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW, MA, RP
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Simcoe, ON N3Y
At Mindful Path Counselling we offer a wide range of services including; individual, couples/relationship(s), marriage, child/youth, family, and group counselling. In addition, we offer a wide range of alternative wellness services including; reiki/energy healing/ infrared light therapy, hypnotherapy, life coaching, art therapy, ecotherapy, walk-n-talk therapy, and animal-assisted therapy. We work with people aged 5 years and up from all backgrounds. We are also under the supervision of a psychologist for psychology billing needs.
At Mindful Path Counselling we offer a wide range of services including; individual, couples/relationship(s), marriage, child/youth, family, and group counselling. In addition, we offer a wide range of alternative wellness services including; reiki/energy healing/ infrared light therapy, hypnotherapy, life coaching, art therapy, ecotherapy, walk-n-talk therapy, and animal-assisted therapy. We work with people aged 5 years and up from all backgrounds. We are also under the supervision of a psychologist for psychology billing needs.
I presently exclusively offer online sessions while working closely with a dedicated team at Strength Counselling Services. My deep-seated passion is rooted in delivering compassionate support and fostering a secure and nurturing space for my clients as they embark on their personal journeys of growth and self-discovery. By prioritizing a client-centered approach, I firmly uphold the belief that individuals possess an inherent wisdom about their own lives. Grounded in this belief, my goal is to guide clients in pursuing their objectives while respecting their distinctive values and autonomy.
I presently exclusively offer online sessions while working closely with a dedicated team at Strength Counselling Services. My deep-seated passion is rooted in delivering compassionate support and fostering a secure and nurturing space for my clients as they embark on their personal journeys of growth and self-discovery. By prioritizing a client-centered approach, I firmly uphold the belief that individuals possess an inherent wisdom about their own lives. Grounded in this belief, my goal is to guide clients in pursuing their objectives while respecting their distinctive values and autonomy.
Karisa Haverkamp: Blossoms Counselling
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, RP, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Simcoe, ON N3Y
Feeling stuck or struggling and not sure why. Want to break patterns that are effecting your daily life? Find compassionate space for your hurting and wounded places. Maybe you feel so tired of the anxiety having power and control over your life? Maybe you would like to to lay old wounds to rest. If you long to move forward in a different relationship with your trauma, depression or anxiety you have come to the right place. I partner with you to create a safe space so that you can feel heard and understood. You can become aware of your thoughts, emotions and wounds so that true healing and change can happen.
Feeling stuck or struggling and not sure why. Want to break patterns that are effecting your daily life? Find compassionate space for your hurting and wounded places. Maybe you feel so tired of the anxiety having power and control over your life? Maybe you would like to to lay old wounds to rest. If you long to move forward in a different relationship with your trauma, depression or anxiety you have come to the right place. I partner with you to create a safe space so that you can feel heard and understood. You can become aware of your thoughts, emotions and wounds so that true healing and change can happen.
Michael Joseph Meade
Registered Psychotherapist, HBSc, BEd, MEd, RP, ND
Verified Verified
Simcoe, ON N3Y
If you haven't been feeling yourself, for any reason, you can benefit from seeing me, I am a psychotherapist and naturopathic doctor. I take a holistic approach to your care, to promote mental, emotional and physical well-being for all my patients. We will work together to better help you understand and manage the physical and psychological effects of some disorders: anxiety, depression, stress, behavioural and relationship issues.
If you haven't been feeling yourself, for any reason, you can benefit from seeing me, I am a psychotherapist and naturopathic doctor. I take a holistic approach to your care, to promote mental, emotional and physical well-being for all my patients. We will work together to better help you understand and manage the physical and psychological effects of some disorders: anxiety, depression, stress, behavioural and relationship issues.
Jessica Taylor Sarafinchin
Registered Social Worker, HBSW, MSW, RSW, MMHCP
Verified Verified
Simcoe, ON N3Y
Feeling overwhelmed and putting heart racing pressure on yourself to be a version of you that you think you "should be" is a slippery slope that can leave you feeling depleted, irritable and full of shame. It's important to understand our emotions to know what to do with them and with a million competing demands on your brain and your time it's hard to take a breath to figure it out! The thought that we don't have it all together when it seems like everyone else has all the things figured out makes to you want to hide in your bed tucked under the blankets (even though sleep is a dream) stuck in a nasty spiral of failure.
Feeling overwhelmed and putting heart racing pressure on yourself to be a version of you that you think you "should be" is a slippery slope that can leave you feeling depleted, irritable and full of shame. It's important to understand our emotions to know what to do with them and with a million competing demands on your brain and your time it's hard to take a breath to figure it out! The thought that we don't have it all together when it seems like everyone else has all the things figured out makes to you want to hide in your bed tucked under the blankets (even though sleep is a dream) stuck in a nasty spiral of failure.
We understand that life shouldn't be so difficult. At Pro Q Therapy, we're dedicated to offering personalized therapeutic services for anyone ready to make a change. Your journey begins with a thorough assessment to truly understand your unique struggles. Next, we design a treatment plan just for you, guiding you with care through every step of your healing process. Our team provides a safe and inclusive setting with targeted treatments that are all about meeting your specific needs, allowing you to feel truly heard.
We understand that life shouldn't be so difficult. At Pro Q Therapy, we're dedicated to offering personalized therapeutic services for anyone ready to make a change. Your journey begins with a thorough assessment to truly understand your unique struggles. Next, we design a treatment plan just for you, guiding you with care through every step of your healing process. Our team provides a safe and inclusive setting with targeted treatments that are all about meeting your specific needs, allowing you to feel truly heard.
Erin Sunstrum
Registered Psychotherapist, MACP, BEd, HBA, RP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
St George Brant, ON N0E
I am committed to helping clients build resilience and create a value-driven life. I believe in nurturing self-compassion and developing skills to engage with and overcome struggles. This happens through validation, exploration, and challenge and building a trusting, open relationship with my clients. My clients are experiencing anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, relational challenges, behavioral issues, ADHD, and coping with daily life. I specialize in supporting teens, young adults, families, and adults, in a safe, inclusive, and relaxed environment. This means a therapeutic space that is warm, welcoming, and affirming.
I am committed to helping clients build resilience and create a value-driven life. I believe in nurturing self-compassion and developing skills to engage with and overcome struggles. This happens through validation, exploration, and challenge and building a trusting, open relationship with my clients. My clients are experiencing anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, relational challenges, behavioral issues, ADHD, and coping with daily life. I specialize in supporting teens, young adults, families, and adults, in a safe, inclusive, and relaxed environment. This means a therapeutic space that is warm, welcoming, and affirming.
Melissa Malcolm
Registered Psychotherapist, RP, MA, BA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
St George Brant, ON N0E
Would you like to better understand your emotions? Are you hoping to feel more connected to yourself and the most important people in your life? If so, you have found the right therapist! The impact of struggling with connection has a powerful influence on our well being, and that's where therapy can help. In our work together, you will re-discover what is most important and valuable to you, and learn how to implement change in your life with confidence, clarity and certainty. This is truly transformational work, and you will continue to reap the benefits throughout your life and in all of your relationships.
Would you like to better understand your emotions? Are you hoping to feel more connected to yourself and the most important people in your life? If so, you have found the right therapist! The impact of struggling with connection has a powerful influence on our well being, and that's where therapy can help. In our work together, you will re-discover what is most important and valuable to you, and learn how to implement change in your life with confidence, clarity and certainty. This is truly transformational work, and you will continue to reap the benefits throughout your life and in all of your relationships.
Sarah Christine Sibany- Norfolk County Counselling
Registered Social Worker, MSW, RSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Simcoe, ON N3Y
I work with all stages of the life cycle with a particular focus on children, youth and families. I help individuals figure out what goals they wish to achieve and support them to make a plan of how to get there. It is wonderful to talk to family and friends but they are often not "neutral" in terms of the support they provide. Having someone to talk to outside that circle to listen, reframe what is going on and offer strategies can be invaluable!
I work with all stages of the life cycle with a particular focus on children, youth and families. I help individuals figure out what goals they wish to achieve and support them to make a plan of how to get there. It is wonderful to talk to family and friends but they are often not "neutral" in terms of the support they provide. Having someone to talk to outside that circle to listen, reframe what is going on and offer strategies can be invaluable!
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Nearby Emotionally Focused Counsellors Searches for Waterford
- Ancaster
- Aylmer
- Brantford
- Caledonia
- Cambridge
- Hagersville
- Ingersoll
- Paris
- Port Dover
- Simcoe
- Tillsonburg
- Woodstock
Emotionally Focused Counsellors
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.